Open to any and all that have functional and logical tastes in programming languages and data models. Clojure, Scala, Erlang, Schemes, Prologs, F#, MLs, concatenative (e.g. Factor), and so on. Many of us have experience and interest in building distributed, large-scale systems. Many of us also happen to be independent contractors, solo/entrepreneurs, business owners, and otherwise interested in building killer businesses as well as awesome software. Depending on the week/month, expect a mix of f …

JUG Events will focus on Java programming best practices and principles along with using Java with emerging technologies like Big Data, Robotics, Augmented Reality and focus in on industries like Medicine, Media, and Finance. We will only have the best speakers, food, beer, and networking available.

Come join other enthusiastic computer programmers in the Hudson Valley. Members of this group should be interested in data structures, algorithms, and writing clever, powerful programs in a variety of languages. There will be a focus during the meetings about writing correct code that fits the philosophy of the language and paradigm it is written in. Some meetings will be spent going over old programming problems (perhaps from ACM or ICFP or TopCoder) and devising the best solution that we kno …

The NY Haskell Users Group is for all programmers either interested in or experienced with the Haskell programming language. We want to build a community of Haskell developers in the New York area that can share knowledge, projects, and experience, and to generally foster and encourage strongly typed functional programming, in all languages, all settings, and all industries. Our events will center around talks, but we intend to have other sorts of activities, including social hours, code worksho …

New York Italians is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and celebrating the rich culture and heritage of Italy and its people through outstanding cultural events and culinary programs, language classes, educational lectures and charities. In establishing closer cultural relations between the United States and Italy, we pledge to create a stronger face-to-face community to preserve Italian heritage and strengthen the common thread between the Italian and Italian-American …

This group is for people interested in the Scala programming language and related projects like the Play web framework. We can meetup and help each other learn. I'm not sure about the format yet, but we could have mini presentations or classes, discussions, study halls, share code, etc.

A group for both learning functional programming and exploring the limits of the F# programming language. Programmers of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

Welcome to the Greater Hartford Python Group! Learn Python. Or, learn more Python. Join us and become a more effective software architect and developer! Welcome to the Greater Hartford Python Group--where you will meet fellow software and Python enthusiasts and professionals--as we work to build and strengthen the community of software architects and developers; Python and Python-based application developers, architects and designers; and other computing technologists in Connecticut. Python is a …

Semi-regular tutorials/discussions about OCaml language features and libraries. A meetup should ideally center around a topic which (1) contains some interesting core idea, (2) helps us get stuff done, (3) is reasonably accessible to people without a ton of OCaml experience (but who might be familiar with other MLs, Haskell, Scheme, etc...)

A group of Perl enthusiast interested in best practices, security, web development and educating others about the power of the Perl Programming Language(http://www.perl.org/)

We, newhaven.rb, are a group of people living in and around New Haven, CT brought together by shared interest in the Ruby Programming Language. We come from all different professions and occupations to share our knowledge of Ruby and learn from one another. If you're interested in joining us to learn about Ruby or just hang out with fellow enthusiasts, follow us on Twitter @newhavenrb, join our discussion list, or find us on irc #newhavenrb to get in touch. Our normal schedule is to meet on the …

This group is for all computer enthusiasts living in the greater Danbury CT area. Find out about upcoming meeting held by DACS, the "Danbury Area Computer Society". DACS welcomes anyone interested in computing, be they novices, intermediate or experienced users. Free monthly meetings include networking opportunities, a Q&A session as well as a presentation by experts in computer-related fields. Members of DACS enjoy many resources such as access to monthly computer-related classes (Special inter …

The J programming language is unlike any other.  It offers powerful tools for algorithm expression and experimentation by incorporating high-level data manipulation concepts as a logical, consistent notation. This allows you to quickly explore complex problems and express solutions succinctly. J is a functional language but with imperative forms for flexibility. J's concise notation and interactivity speed up algorithm development by orders of magnitude compared to more conventional languages. T …

Scala Days 2013 will bring together developers from all corners of the world to share their experiences and new ideas around creating applications with Scala and Scala-based libraries and frameworks. Scala Days provides a unique opportunity for Scala users to interact with the key contributors to the language and related technologies. Martin Odersky will give this year's keynote, with a guest keynote from Rod Johnson! Featured speakers include influencers and Scala community members from EPFL, C …

Get together with fellow hackers, tech Meetups from across NYC, and the best APIs around for the first ever cross-language hackathon tournament. Every programming language and platform has its strengths and weaknesses, its devoted fans and its bitter detractors. To celebrate the techno-diversity that makes software programming such a fascinating sport, we're hosting a series of hackathons at Meetup HQ... JavaScript in June PHP in July Python and Ruby in August FINAL BATTLE OF THE BRACES in Sept …

Scala is a programming language with an advanced type system that compiles into bytecode for widely used virtual machines. We host technical meetups on intermediate and advanced topics in the language, as well as workshops for Scala Types of any skill level. Many of our past meetups appear on our vimeo channel.

The LispNYC.org community is devoted to the advocacy and advancement of professional software developers in their adoption of Lisp-based and functional programming technologies such as Common Lisp, Scheme and Clojure. We accomplish this through targeted programs of education, outreach, monthly meetings, mailing lists, development projects and spirited conversation with NY metro area software develpment professionals. Our monthly meetings are held every second Tuesday, are free and open to all.

A group to bring together New York Perl programmers to connect with peers and discuss trends and new technologies for Perl development . Both for the seasoned Perl programmer and those new to the language. Everyone interested is welcome.

Welcome Women Coders & Developers! Heard of the language "Ruby" but never knew how to start working with it? Or have you been using Ruby and Ruby on Rails for years but have yet to find a welcoming group of individuals to network with? We know how hard it is to get started in a new programming language or find like-minded people to solve problems with. Our goal is to give women and those who self-identify as women a safe and welcoming environment to share ideas, improve coding and speaking skill …

Meet with other users of the open-source programming language. Previous this meetup focused only on the R language, but now are focused on all open-source data analysis tools; oincluding but not limited to, Python, WEKA, Sage, etc. Learn and share tricks and techniques from and with other users. Beginners welcome.

Ruby group focused on teaching people that want to be programmers by doing. Pair programming is leveraged to expose members to various styles, methods and approaches to the same problem. A basic understanding of programming concepts is expected.

Meet local programmers interested in Haskell, Ocaml, Erlang, Scheme and other functional programming languages.

We're a rails programming shop in midtown that wants to interact more with the local rails, and other programming communities. We want this to be a knowledge sharing, experimentation venue.

Free office hours for programming help - any programming language, all skill levels. The format is super simple: you come with your laptop, sit and hang out and code, and flag down one of the organizers if you have a question.  That's it! If we can't answer your question, we'll find you someone who can, or at least point you in the right direction. Note that this is a meetup for people learning to code. Experienced developers are more than welcome, though - we appreciate the help! For those hir …

Cocoa development (i.e. Mac/iPhone programming)

The mission of the NYC-Clojure Users Group is to meet with developers who are interested in the Clojure programming language in an atmosphere of collaboration and learning.

Danbury.rb (http://danburyrb.org) is a social group for people interested in the Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails framework living in and around Danbury CT, Fairfield County, and surrounding areas in Connecticut and New York. Our group consists of a variety of professionals and hobbyists who enjoy coming together to share knowledge and learn from one another. Our intention is to bring together everyone in the area for a variety of group discussions, hack nights, and social events.

A group of professionals using the Python programming language in quantitative applications (algorithms, visualization, number crunching, statistics) in the New York metro area.